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sys.dm_os_host_info–DMV to find Operating System Information in SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2017 includes a new DMV to find Operating System information
sys.dm_os_host_info
SELECT host_platform,
host_distribution,
host_release,
host_service_pack_level,
host_sku,
os_language_version
FROM sys.dm_os_host_info
Output from Windows Server
Output from Ubuntu Linux Server
This DMV will come in handy when writing maintenance scripts based on Operating System ex. Backup Script to get custom backup path based on OS
DECLARE @BackupPath VARCHAR(500)
DECLARE @OSInfo NVARCHAR(256)
SELECT @OSInfo = host_platform
FROM sys.dm_os_host_info
IF @OSInfo = ‘Windows’
BEGIN
SET @BackupPath = ‘E:\SQLBackup\’
END
ELSE IF @OSInfo = ‘Linux’
BEGIN
SET @BackupPath = ‘/var/opt/BACKUP/’
END
SELECT @BackupPath [Backup Path]
Output from Windows Server
Output from Ubuntu Linux Server
Hope you find this post helpful !!!
Simple Guide to provision SQL Server 2017 on Linux in Azure Virtual Machine
Hi Everyone, In this article, we will see how to provision SQL Server 2017 on Linux in Azure Virtual Machine
Step 1: Please login to azure portal and go to Virtual Machine blade
Step 2: Please search for SQL Server 2017
Step 3: Please select SQL Server 2017 Developer on Ubuntu Server, I have used Ubuntu linux for this demo but you can use Red Hat or Suse Linux as well
Step 4: Please review the legal terms, select deployment model, I prefer to use Resource Manager, so that management and cleanup is easier, Please also copy the highlighted command which will be helpful for configuring the sa password for SQL Server later
Step 5: Please provide the name of the VM, select Disk type, provide user name and select Authentication Type, in this case I am using Password
Please select the Azure Subscription
For Resource group, I am creating a new one named “SQLLinux” and using Azure data center location as “East US”, please change this according to your region
Step 6: In this step, we need to select the Size of our Linux VM, I am using B2S Standard, which has 2 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM, which is good for our testing, but you can choose the size based on your requirement, after selecting the size, Please click “Select” to proceed
Step 7: In this step, we will review some of the important settings
Virtual Network – For this demo, I am creating a new Virtual Network, but if you already have other VMs running in Azure and you need this SQL Server VM to be accessible for them, Please use the existing Virtual Network
Public IP Address – I have enabled Public IP Address for this demo, but this is optional, Please don’t enable this, if you are planning to use this server only within Azure, so that it will reduce the exposure
Network Security Group (Firewall) – We will see in next step, How to configure firewall to allow external access
Auto Shutdown – This is an useful optional setting for demo or test servers, so that you can configure it to shutdown automatically based on a timing, this will reduce billing of your VM
Time Zone – Please select the time zone based on your region
Step 8: Additional Settings Please enable Monitoring for both Boot diagnostics and Guest OS diagnostics, This will help you see the Boot log for any error or messages, after making required Settings changes, Click “Ok” to proceed
Step 9: To allow external access to SQL Server, we need to change Network Firewall setting by adding Inbound and Outbound security rules for MSSQL Service
Note: You can do this change after creating the Virtual machine
Step 10: Review the selection options and click “Purchase” to buy and create the virtual machine
Step 11: You can review the Virtual Machine deployment progress in the screen
If you closed it, you can see from the Top right corner Notifications area
You can also see the status under Virtual Machines blade as well
Once Virtual machine is provisioned and ready, you should see the status as “Running”, see below screenshot
Step 12: Please click on the Virtual Machine to see the settings and also to monitor the CPU/Network/Disk usage
Step 13: Configuring SQL Server in Azure Linux VM
Please connect to Azure Linux VM using any preferred SSH client, In this demo, I am using Bash Shell on Windows, since its built in Windows 10 now
Command to connect, Please type “Yes” to accept the authenticity of the host
Step 14: After logging in to VM, Please run the below command to check the status of SQL Server
sudo systemctl status mssql-server
Since we haven’t configured SA password, SQL Server is not running, so you seeing the status as “Inactive”
Step 15: Please run below command to configure SA password
sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup
Please select your preferred edition of SQL Server, in this demo, we will use Developer edition, in next prompt, Please specify the SA password and press enter
Once password is setup, SQL Server 2017 will automatically run, Please run the status command again to review the SQL Server status
sudo systemctl status mssql-server
Step 16: Please run “SELECT @@VERSION” using SQLCMD utility to connect to the server to verify we are able to connect and see SQL Server version
Step 17: Now we can use SQL Server Management Studio to connect using the Public IP Address and SA password provisioned
Once connected, Please create your required databases and database objects and use as needed
SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition is up and running Azure Linux VM now in under 5 minutes
I believe you will find this post useful !!!
SQL Azure Import/Export Service has been released to Production
SQL Azure Import/Export Service has been released to Production as of today!!!
SQL Azure Import/Export Service is available at free of charge for SQL Azure customers.
For more information visit the following blog post
Manage SQL Azure server using PowerShell
Windows Azure Platform Powershell Cmdlets has been released and available for download at http://wappowershell.codeplex.com/releases/view/73463
It supports creating SQL Azure server, removing an existing SQL Azure server, managing the firewall and resetting the Administrator password.
For more detailed information, please visit
How to create Co-Administrator for SQL Azure Server ?
SQL Azure Co-Administrator option has been released in July 2011 Service Release
In this article, we will see How to add a Co-Administrator for your subscription
After logging in to Windows Azure Management Portal, click on “Database” tab
After navigating to Database section, click on “User Management” in Tool bar
In User Management screen, You can see the currently available Service Administrators and Co-Administrator for all available subscriptions
Click on “Add New Co-Admin”
In Add New Co-Administrator screen, specify the new users’ Windows Live ID and then select the subscription he can administer and then click “Ok”
Now we have successfully created a new Co-Administrator, Now he can login and create or drop servers, create or drop databases and new co-administrators as well
To remove a subscription or remove a Co-Administrator, click on Co-Administrator name and then click on “Manage Co-Admin”
If you have multiple subscriptions, you can remove the subscription which the co-admin should not manage, if you remove all subscriptions, the co-admin account will be removed automatically.
Now let us login using Co-Administrator login and see how the users are displayed
Since the Co-Administrator already has a subscription, he is displayed as Service Administrator for one of the account and Co-Administrator for other account.
Hope you all find this information helpful !!!
SQL Azure Management Portal Changes–Drop SQL Azure Server
Today while working on SQL Azure Management Portal, I found this new change
While Dropping a server, currently its prompting for Server to confirm that we are deleting the right server
If you type the correct server name, then “Drop” button is enabled
The Drop button doesn’t get enabled until you type the server name correctly
This looks like a small change, but this will be great preventive method to avoid any disaster of dropping the server by mistake !!!
Windows Azure Team announces next release for SQL Azure–July 2011 Service Release
SQL Azure July 2011 Service Release will be released in the upcoming weeks in all datacenters.
The important features in this release will be
1. SQL Azure Engine upgrade to increase overall performance and scalability
2. Co-Administrator Support for SQL Azure
3. Increase capability for using Spatial Data Types
You also need to update SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio to SP1, you can download it from the below link
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 – Management Studio x64 – Download
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 – Management Studio x86 – Download
For more information about this release please read the announcement from Windows Azure Team Blog
